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Departmental and Executive
Actions
ARMY AND NAVY MOVEMENTS
Ctrut of .More Tlian Ordinary Interest
to the People of America OfHt'lnl
Aetlotin Which llmo n Hearing
in Our Kilt lira History
IlrlefR for Iluy I'eople
'Ihurmlnj, AiiRimt 24,
George A. Fry, postmaster at Itynuin.
.Mont., has confessed to n shortage of
J3.000.
The navy department has been in
formed that the builder's trial of the
battleship Alabama w ill be held Mon
lay next.
An assault of the whlteeappcrs at
Puck, Fin., on the colored assistant
postmaster there probably will result
in the discontinuance of the postotllce.
Postmaster W. 0. Cruni and National
L'ommlttccmnu Long have both advised
it,
Regarding the reports that Ootiernl
Wesley Merrltt is to succeed (ienera
Otis in command of the troops in the
I'hilippincH. Secretary Hoot is nouenm
mittal. lie evades all questions on
this point, and declined to make any
positive statement whatever in regard
lo the subject.
The conditions at Porto Hieo are re
reiving the careful attention of the
president and the war department offi
cials, and every effort is being put for
ward to relieve the suffering caused by
the hurricane. The secretary noted
the fact that approximately 310,000 or
f."),000 in money had been raised to
this end.
AtCucvltas. three miles from Santi
ago, live Cubans were killed by soldi
ers who fired into a mob. Five thous
and Cnban soldleis were there to draw
pay, and a rumor spread among them
that the paymaster would leave before
all wore paid. A conflict was precipi
tated by several shots 1eing tired at
the guard, who returned the fire, with
the result stated.
The aetlng hecrctary of the interior
today approved a change in the rules
if practice of the general land otllce
that will be of general interest
throughout the public land states. It
provides that when a special agent,
after investigating an alleged fraudu
lent entry, location or claim, recom
mends the cancellation of such entry,
I he claimant shall be given notice of
the charges made by the agent and
will be given a chance to defend his
title to the land. The burden of proof
falls upon the government.
Friday, August SS.
The village of Pleasant Plain, Ar
kansas, was totally demolished by a
ttorm.
The First Nebraska loft San Fran
cisco for home Friday morning. They
go in three sections, one station apart,
on a special train furnished by the
state.
General Miles has expressed himself
as well pleased with the new secretary
of war. He declares Hoot is a man of
business, and as a result of the new
blood in the war department different
conditions exist now. The interests
of the country demanded a vigorous
prosecution of the war and that is
what Secretary Hoot is doing.
An order was issued at the war de
partment yesterday honorably dis
charging from tho volunteer army
llrigadier (ieneral Irving Hale, to take
effect October 1. General Halo went
to the Philippines as colcnel of the
First Colorado and was made a briga
dier general for gallant services, (ien
eral Hale arrived yesterday at Van
1'ranclhco.
The establishment of a blockade of
the porta of the Philippine islands, and
especially thoso of Luzon, is a subject
which is receiving attention nt the war
department, although Secretary Hoot
says he has as yet not suflicieut infor
mation to warrant definite action in
the matter. The secretary says he be
lieves in taking advantage of every
thing that would tend to render a cam
paign successful, and that war cannot
be maintained without causing dis
tress. At the same time, he thinks
that a blockade just now might cause
more damage than good.
Fatnrday, August SO.
Recent letters from Manila mention
the illness of Admiral Watson as a
source of great anxiety to his officers.
The illness is tho effect of an accident
to his launuli in the Puslg river. Heart
trouble; is supposed to have originated
from concern for his safety.
Theisocretary of war has appointed
Alexander It. Sped of St. Paul, Minn.,
chief if the division of.cuslbrtuJ nnd hi
bUlrfr atfairs of the war department In
place Of Major John J.. Pershing', Who
ntto been ordered to Manila for duty
oh thfe staff 'of General Otis.
The treasury department upt to thlJ
time has, accepted all compromises'
otfeiffl'byfljankfl for tho Battlement of
flues where the examiners have found
thetrt ' in' porfsosslbn of ' tinfjtarripfcd
clteclis and) cotes.. Tlie pjea.iin almost
every, instance.- is' inacrtertance: Jlut
thfetoMtMtttf 6J?t1te'ly WW11 rib,1? de'
creascdjiis, tey,$b'onIaW&'tb depart-neat-la
oapei.t at iKlopfetar'at rigid
pollcy'rtffteAfoTcIng'a lieaVfcr1 penalty1
forci'vlolatlon.
Kld'Parktr' of DenVer" arid" Frank
BaVtleVJof tfhltiajjro have beJ. jinatched
iov the lightweight ' championship, of
thetwest. Thought Will taktSTplacti at
Denver August 20.
While delirious from Illness Daniel
Montgomery, a, wealthy farmer near
Milan, Mo.t attempted to kill his wife
nnd little boy with a hafdhet and then
cut his throat witli a razor. The wlfo
is in a critical condition.
Two hnndred and fifty Arc chiefs,
representing cities in every part of the
country and Canada are in attendance
nt the twenty-seventh annual conven
of tho international Arc chiefs' associa
tion, now in session at Syracuse, N. Y.
A cable dispatch received at the war
department from Mnlor-Gcncral Wood,
Mi Major Russell II. Harrison, who
is ill at Santiago with yellow fever, l
out of danger. Ex-President Harrison,
who is in Paris, is being kept daily in
formed of his son's condition.
Great pressure has been brought to
bear on the administration to organize
n colored regiment for service in the
Philippines. The matter is still under
consideration by Secrctnry Hoot, no
decision having" been reached. It is
understood that If such n regiment is
organised it will boofllccred by eolorud
men.
Sunday, AiiRUnt 87.
Most of the states which have troops
nt tho presidio have taken steps to
bring their soldiers homo on special
trains. The sick and wounded which
are left behind will bo cared for In the
sawc w ay.
Mnj. John J. Pershing, who has been
chief of the division of customs nnd
insular affairs of the war department
for the past six mouths, has been
ordered to Manila for service on the
staff of General Otis.
The first parcels post convention be
tween the United States and any coun
try In Europe was accomplished yester
day, when Postmaster General Smith
iiutl the special (lermnn envoy, Mr.
Milium von Schwnrzetisteiii, signed a
convention between the United States
and Germany. It will go luto effect
October 1.
The United States cruiser lloston
arrived nt San Francisco yesteiiiny
frsm Manila, from which place she
started on June 8. She wns dry-docked
at Hong Kong; then went to Nagasaki
and Yokohama, leaving tins latter
place on July 23 for Honolulu, where
she errived August ", making a record
trip for a iniiii-of-wur between Yoko
homa and Honolulu.
Monday, August 28.
President and Mrs. McKinley spent
their Sunday at Pittsburg, Pa., rather
quietly, nothing of special note trans
piring to make the day Hitler mate
rially from a rest day at their Wash
ington home.
A statement of the receipts of the
Philippine islands, from the date of
occupation by the United States gov
ernment to July 31 last shows that the
total receipts from all sources for the
period named wnN$.V-MU,4Il.
The strike in Havana is beginning
to cause genuine alarm among the citi
zens, as it is supposed the bakers will
go out tomorrow, ns they have threat
ened. A strike on their part would
cause a good deal of hardship, as few
private households have facilities for
baking their own bread.
The war department gave out yester
day for publication an interesting
statement of the financial condition of
the island of Cuba. It shows that un
der the management of the United
States government the receipts of the
Island from Jnnuary 1, 18!M, to June
30, of the current year, exceeded the
expenditures by the very handsome
sum of 81,480,021.
The report of llrigadicr-Gcnernl II
C. Merrinm, commander of tho depart
ment of the Colorado, II. S. A., in the
miners' riots in the state of Idaho, was
received at Washington yesterday.
General Merrlam gave a detailed his
tory of the events so far as he or the
troops under his command took part,
lie shows that the arrests of alleged
participants in the riots were made by
the state authorltles.the federal troopt
only acting as guards.
Tuesday, AuRiut 20.
The United States cruiser New
leans Is at Santo Domingo.
Oi
Captain Paul Smith, First regiment,
national guard of Hawaii, has been
appointed captain in the Fortieth
United States volunteers, now being
recruited.
Adjutant General Corbln said yes
terday that there was no foundation
for the report that the war department
proposed to organize three more regi
ments of volunteers, nnd in that way
utilize tho entire volunteer force of
3.'i,000 men authorized by congress.
Wwil has come to tho war depart
ment from Otis to the effect that Dato
Mundi, with Ills tribesmen of Znm
boanga, have joined with tho Ameri
cans in driving the iusurgents out of
the island of Mindanao. Dato Mundi
is snid to be a warrior of education,
and directed the Moros of Sulu.
At Pittsburg, Pa., on the occasion
yesterday of the state reception to the
Tenth Pennsylvania, the First Ne
braska and Utah battery got the big
gest ovation of nny outside commands
when the president read his roll of
honor. "The Ncbraskans were our
right linud men," the Pennsylvnnians
say in telling of their experiences In
the Philippines.
Acting "Secretary of the Navy Allen
has advised the Pewcy reception com
mittee in NevV YoYk that the depart
ment finds it inexpedient to grant the
request to have tho old frigate' Consti
tution to take part In the navnl parade.
The ship is regarded as too valuablu n
relic to be subjected tov lire tlsk attend
ing a trip frbrh lJ&forYld-Kevv' York.
Wednesday, August 30.
The transport Grnntf bearing" the
Idaho, Wyoming nnd Dakota rcgi-
mentswoH .slnhtcdishortly before 11
d'cUclt'f nt'sHlR Wfgltt. Tho Grant left
Nagasaki for San Francisco August.?.
Uriltid States Consul Hedloelitf ex
pected' to reach Washington neMfyVeelr,
to inakoexplanalforl to tho staterde
pWfnlent of the occurrences whKjued
tohi suspension US-consul at Canton.
, MMor John A. riojratiwas redently
appointed by thp pretidenb'a atujora in
tni'vMunteef army..btlt hH.BBUMi Was
aottdeAtbllV omitted from the'list. He
hncbeetrassigncd to tho Thirty-third
InfutUry.
The comptroller has apnrovcd'ltne
HdndVer Nationnl Mnk, Ne,w YoiMc
antt the, Hankers' National bank, Chi
cagty its reserve agents for the City
National bank of Lincoln, and the
Continental National bank of St. tdills,
for the South Omaha National bank of
South Omaha, Neb.
All haste is being-used to dispatch
tho troops now waiting at Han Fran
cisco to Manila. It is expected that
the entire cnsuul detachment now at
the Prcsldo will set sail in about two
weeks. The Pueblo left yesterday
with 050 recruits. The Colorado regi
ment turned over their arms and ex
pect to leave for Denver about Sopt
ember 8.
WIDE WORLD NEWS
Condensation of Events of Tnv
portancc
COMPLETE WEEK'S SUMMARY
Happening of the l': ,-cvcu 7aya
Which Deeply Intercut tlio l'copls
Hliort 1'araRrapha Conveying k,
World of Information I'or
the Polka Without Tim
1 hursday, AiiRiiM 9 I.
Victor, Colo,, recently burned down,
Is going up again.
Tho California troops have arrived
at Sail Francisco.
Sir Thomas Lipton has faith enough
to believe his boat, tho Shamrock, will
take back the America's cup.
The lllg Four railroad and Its engi
neers have amicably settled all differ
ences. It is believed both sides made
concessions.
Genernl Otis has applied the Chinese
exclusion act to tho Philippines. It is
thought the action will help to bring
the war to a close.
An overdose of moiphiuc, taken to
allay pain, resulted in the death of
Clayton C. Mason, nephew of Senator
Mason of Illinois,
Fire nt Milwaukee caused S70.000
damage to the II. Uhrig Coal company
and Foster Lumber company In the
loss of stock nnd buildings.
The forest fires In tho Adirondaeks,
New York state, arc under control.
The damage to timber is small and no
hotels were in danger at any time.
Rev. Dr. lien jamln F. DcCostn, rector
oi the hpiscopal church of St. John
the Evangelist, of New York city, has
resigned on account of his advanced
years.
Surgeon Heiser at Naples cabled the
marine hospital bureau that there was
absolutely no truth In the report thnt
the plague had appeared at Naples and
Palermo.
Structural steel was advanced 8." per
ton nt a meeting of structural iron and
steel mauufneturerr, held in New York
city. The increase is made necessary
by the enhanced prices of raw mate
rials. Mrs. Anna Tccple, wife of the assist
ant postmaster of Charlcstown, Intl..
and her nine-year-old son, members of
a campaigning party, were drowned In
the Ohio river near Jcffeisonville. The
boy got beyond his depth, and the
mother went to his assistance.
Friday, August 31.
George A. Fry, postmaster at Ittittc,
Mont., has been found S3, 000 short in
his accounts.
Dwlght II. Ilaldwin, founder of the
Piano firm of D. 11. Ualdwln & Co. of
Cincinnati is dead at the ago of twenty
three years.
England is sending troops to Cape
town. The lloers, however, believe
England Is preparing to accept the
proposed compromise.
The proceeds of the big chntlty ball,
which will be one of the fall festival
features in Chlcngo In October, will be
devoted to relieving the distress in
Porto Hi co. It is estimated the pro
ceeds will reach 830,000.
Thursday's session of the Dreyfus
court martial was marked by ono of
the most cxelting scenes of the trial.
It was the keen nttack of Laborl on
General Mercler, who declined to nn
swer when cornered. For awhile
there was a perfect liable of voices, at
least half a dozen voluble French olll
cers being anxious to testify ull at
once. Through M. Lnborl's skillful
questioning the testimony adduced
was favorable in its bearing to the
prisoner. The lawyer made n stiong
point on the part Esterhazy played.
Mercler said hodidnotknowKsterlin.y
and only snw him onco at tho Zola
trial. "That is very interesting," ex
claimed Laborl, "but surely General
Mercler wns present at the Esterhazy
trial?" The general replied that he
was not there and that he knew noth
ing about the evidence In tho Ester
hazy prosecution. "What," cried M.
Laborl, "General Mercler, who was the
chief accuser of Dreyfus, did not even
follow the proceedings of tho Ester
hazy trial?" A loud murmur of sur
prise and indignant comment came
from the audience, but Colonel Jounust
Immediately suppressed It.
Saturday,. Auguiit 2(1,
San Domingo revolutionists arc gain
ing ground.
Loudon was hot yesterday, It being
00 in the shade. A dozen cases of sun
stroke eccurrcd.
An cpldemia of typhoid fever rages
at Litchfield, 111. Thrae deaths oc
curred yesterday.
The Boers have declared in favor of
the continuance1 of the dynamite mo
nopoly. In case of war, all llrttons
will be expelled from the country.
Cali'fornians welcomed its returning
volunteers with a reception outclassing
afty' previously held. Ovor 100,000
strangers, were In San Francisco to
greet the boys.
JT tf. arVycrs, for twenty years a
Rook' Island engineer, who lives In
Diei'Mo4.n,iIa., has beep1 arrester foi
CopmAtfn'g rape on the, person of De
lia Cherry, aged 7. Extrs'iprecantion
warffaeeVlea'to pttSVent'rn'ob violence.
TheyFolrFiWhTpl-lUgo, toc-WCfcVlled by
the sultan of Sulu, has come under the
dominion of the United States, General
Bates" mission to the region having
been entirely successful.
Lieut, II. W. Well, U. S. N who lias
opened a recruiting station nt St. Louis,
is besieged with men and boys anxious
to enlist. He expects to securo S00
landsmen nnd thirty apprentices in a
few days.
Mrs. Edith Quick was arrested at
Tern, lnd., charged with having
poisoned her husband who died a week
ago. A brother of the dead man wus
also arrested, charged with being an
accomplice.
lief ore the Dreyfus court martial
yestciday, M. Hertlllon, the hand
writing expert, concluded the first in
stallment of his so-called demonstra
tion of the guilt of the accused. The
DrcfiiMirds refused to regard him ns
nnythlng but tho prince of quacks,
nnd made spoit of his theory that
Dreyfus, as an expert spy, did not
write in ordinary linnd-wrltlng. lmt
in clove Imitation, even contriving
to give the letters the appearance of
having been traced, In order to be able
to repudiate them as a forgery If de
tected, liven Dreyfus, when sln'.vn
llertillon's demonstrations, admitted
tho Ingenuity and plausibility of the
system, though he naturally Insisted
that it was built upon a false basis.
The trial is farcical In the ctreiiic,nud
In an English or American court-martial,
the evidence of the past thro days
would be thrown out as Irrelevant and
a number of the witnesses would be
arrested for contempt. It Is evident
that the piesldent, Col. Jouast, is
overawed by his suneilor olllcers who
appear as witnesses.
Monthly, AiiRimt '1.
Ulght miles west of Muneie. lnd.,
r.nglneer W. II. McCarthy of the Lake
F.rle and Western tiatn was shut and
killed by a stray bullet from thu gun
of u limitcr in the woods along tho
track.
llehlnd the barilcade that "dead
men tell no tales" General Mercler and
the general staff have entrenched
themselves. Sandherr Is dead, Henry
Is dead, and despite tho efforts of
Counsel Laborl to secure the presence
of Patj do Chun, It seems he Is to bo
sick or die. which of the two has not
vet been determined. In Saturday's
nrococdinirs were in looted several sen
sational scenes, the eh'.efest of which
was the confrontation of Genernl Mer
cler. Colonel Maurel and Captain l'roy
staeter. Messrs. Mercler and Maurel
attempted to disconcert Captain Floy
staeter. who gave testimony fawirablo
to Drevfus. They failed to do so, but
were In turn confounded by tho
straightforward answers and evidence
of the stuidy captain, whose bearing
gave power and effect to his testimony.
M. Laborl recalled General Mercler
and put him on the rack, succeeding
in compelling the crafty general to
shift his ground, showing him up for
the arch conspirator he really Is. Tho
day's piocecdlngs were very favorable
to the defense.
TiieMdny, AiiRiMt '40.
Democrats of Ohio favor John It.
McLean for governor.
The crisis in the Trnnsvnal has so
far failed to come to a head, although
the situation is as acute as ccr.
The crisis in Germany over the de
feat of the canal bill has passed, at
least for a time. The present cabinet
will hold on.
A decision In the enso of Captain
Carter, who bilked the government for
82,0(10.000, is sxpected soon after tho
president returns to Washington.
Demetri Frlelander, treasurer of the
United Kussian churches of Chicago
lias decamped, and from 810,00(1 to
8100,000 of of the funds arc missing.
The will of the Earl of Strafford.who
married Mrs. Sam J. Colgate of New
York, and who was killed by a train in
May last, bequeathed to his widow
1.0(H) pounds. Tho residue of the
estate, valued at 27,000 pounds, is held
in trust for his daughters.
The ncuto situation nt Darlcu, Ga.,
between negroes and whites Is better,
but tho blacks remain armed. Many
of thu negroes arc yet In the swamps,
but quite a number surrendered to the
soldiers, preferring to do so rather
than fall into the hands of the sheriff's
posse. It Is believed the threatened
rnco war on account of the Delegnl
murders has been averted.
Twelve steel arches, each weighing
thirty-three tons, which were to have
supported the superstructure of the
coliseum building in course of erection
on Wabash avenue, between Fifteenth
and .Sixteenth streets, Chicago, fell to
tlio ground late yesterday afternoon.
It is known that nine lives were
crushed out. Tho bodies of two men
are supposed to be under the wreck
age. Monday was a day favorable to
Dreyfus In thu court martial of that
officer, and wns marked by two notable
instances. The first wns tlio testimony
of Chief Handwriting Expert Cliaravny,
who declared that ho was wrong in
18!M In saying that Dreyfus wrote the
bordereau, and that now ho was con
vinced that Esterhazy wrote it. The
other was the acquicsnncc of Colonel
Jouust in n request that a commission
take Du Pnty do Clam's deposition.
Wedneidar, Auguct UO.
It is intimated that General Merclei
is to be prosecuted in connection with
the Dreyfus case.
Paris police have seized many im
portant papers from the home of Presi
dent Dttbce, president of the young
men's Anti-Seinito league.
ChnyiesII. McCaughey was arrested
at Springfield, 111. lie Is charged with
killing Miss Eliza Dyer, of Hunting
ton, lnd, July 10, by a criminal opera
tion. The threatened strike of Havana.
Cuba, bakers has been averted. The
men, according to tho terms of agree
ment, are to receive an increase of
87.A0 per month.
Coroner Hens Is investigating the
Chicago coliseum disaster in .order, to
nscetaint'who' may be held legally re
sponsibly therefor. It waa'foutid that
tnoironYratats were being used' to
support pulleys for hoisting heavy
timbers.
The Dreyfus trial was devoid of
special interest yesterdaV, .Colonel
Cordlpr occupied the etatX )W festi;
m'ony being -favorable to Dreyfus, lie
said he was'opposed to Jews on1 tho
army staff, but could not rbl&tefalse
witness ngalnstnn' Innocent f"rty
A UJurliniKobV train1 wisvmcked
BearfarnanlPMo., and Engineer Crlss
waskl)led,'ana;Flrcii4 Smith anil
ConduetorfcthorfHfJliy hurt.
General Leonard Wood( military gov
ernor pf, Santiago Pipylncc, Cuba,
caused General Jimlncz'to bq arrested
when the latter came ashore, and will
hold hltn, pending Instructions from
Havana. General .limine, does not
conccnl his1 intention of going to Santo
Domingo, and to become president of
the republic.
NKWflV NTI'.H.
Forest flrcbiirc raging In tho vicinity
of Laramie county and Deer Creek,
Colo.
WOMAN WAS DEAD
Myst;
nous
Death Reported
From Omaha,
MANNER OF DEATH IN DOUBT,
round I.tIiir In a I'ool of Her (lull It land
No Slftim of PtriiKKl Apparent -
llollcf I a Nhu Tell from a hltl
Other New of Intrrett
to NetiiHkin.
Tlio body of an unknown yonnr,
woman was found a .' o'clock Wednes
day morning lying face downward In
the street In front of I US Park ave
nue, Omaha. The woman was dead.
Her hair was hanging In disorder In
a pool of hor own blood, and several
small bruises Indicated that she had
fallen from a vehicle. No signs of a
struggle were apparent, save whore
the pointed toes of her brown slippers
had raked up two little furrows in the
dlrl, but these were not long, and
seeined'sueh us might have been made
in falling from a vehicle. Her under
skirts were toin and stained with
clotted irorc. but the doctor concluded
that It was not an evidence of violence,
other than a fall, lie could not state
definitely from what caused death had
resulted nit limit it more thorough ox
tinilnatlon. Nothing that would give
a clue to her Identity was found on
tho body of tho woman.
SHOT BY HIS HALF BROTHER
Ijimrrcl of stiiutoti County filmier
ItemltN In it KIIIIiir.
Sunday afternoon Oliver Anderson
ihot and killed Andrew Johnson, sr..
at the farm of Andrew Colander, about
ten miles north of Stanton. The men
are half brothers and Andrew Johnson
was an old Mttlcr and ono of the sub
stantlal farmers of Stanton county.
They became involved in a dispute
and the quarrel icsulted In a fight In
which Anderson received a deep gash
in the leg. Late' the two men mel
and each had n gun. Anderson suc
ceeded in getting the drop on Johnson
and shot him. Ho immediately went
to town and gave himself up. Coroner
Dcrn proceeded to tho sceno of the
shooting and impanelled n jury, which
after viewing tlio dead body and the
surroundings returned tho following
verdict:
At an inquisition holdcn at Stanton,
Stanton county, Neb., on thu L'Tth ami
"8th days of August, A. !)., 180!), before
mo, Louis Dcrn, coroner of said county,
upon the body of Andrew Johnson, sr.,
lying dead, by the jurors whose names
nro hereunto subscribed, the said jur
ors on their oath do say that naid An
drew Johnson, sr., oaniii to his death
by reason of a shot from a gun in the
hands of Oliver Anderson, the shooting
being unnecessary.
SHE USED HER STOCKING,
fuiaiie I'atlent nt Lincoln Anltiin llndl
Hor Kartltly Crreer.
Mrs. Sarah Hadcllff, a patient nt the
asylum for the insane at Lincoln, com
mitted suicide sometime during Tucs
day night. Her body was found hang
ing from the grating over tlio window
in her cell. Shu had strangled hcrsell
by tying n stocking nroiind her nccl
nnd then looping the stocking with t
piece of rag, which may have bcoc
used for a hose supporter. Tho rnu
wns run through tho bars and lied,
and then Mrs. Hadollff had let her on
the weight come down upon the stock
ing about her neck. Her foot touched
tho floor, but when found, Iter legi
were stretched out on tho iloor. as
though she had had hard work to kec;
from letting her weight icst on hor
feet.
BLAME FOR WRECK PLACED,
It In l.uld to Creir of Krelcht Train li
the Denton Sinnli-li.
The investigation made by tho Uur
liugton officials into tho cause of the
wreck at Denton a week ago has re
sulted in clearing the crew of the pas
senger train, No. 3, of ull blame. It
was found that the crew in charge ol
the freight train were at fault, and
were, at tho time the accident occurred,
violuting th6 plain rulc-j of tho com
pany us rcgnided keeping u flagman in
frJut to protect tho train. It was
statcd-'that tho freight train had no
business on the main lino' at tho time
the accident occurred, andtho engineer
of tho head engine nnd the conductor
wore equally to blame. Ulmnu was
also attached to the engineer of the
rear engine, 'but ns ho was not in
charge of tho train the penalty in
illcted oft' hint" WlW lie HejhtoV thai or
tho two otlKJr'men.
Illbuard't Salary Allowed.
Food Commissioner 1 II. lHblinrd
has filed his. salary claim with Auditor
Cornell and it has been allowed. The
claim wus for S13.T iur tho month o
July. Thc'ctolW hall been in doubt,
tho auditor being uncertain wliclhor
tho food commission law carried with
it an appinpilation. After thu atto,
ney geueial decided that thu horticul
tural soeloty was entitled to its money
tho auditor decided to pay the food
commission claims, as the food coin
mission law appeared to bo less ques
tionable than the other.
UNSAFE FOR THE NEGflC
Imported I'rnm tlio Soulli noil Tin!
l'oiinit I'ntMlly Injured.
A special from Uockford, 111., snyst
Two weeks ago negroes were tin
ported here from llrook Ilaveti, MUs.,
by W. M, Fortncr .t Son, railroad coif
tractors, to work on Improvements on
tho Illinois Central track between hero
and Dubuque, There has been trouble
lu the camp, and today two of the ne
groes were found west of thu city with
Injuries thnt will prove fatal. Twenty
live of the imported crew who were
discharged, cr.tnc to town today,
stranded, and nrc being fed by the po
lice nnd llicniin until they can return
kouth.
Antl-I'pldcntia Club.
A club Is now being formed In Pari",
the members of which swear never to
rdinko hands with any one unless tlio
nro wearing gloves. Many members of
tho aristocracy hnvc shown their will
ingness to support tho organization,
nnd a fine Is to be Imposed upon all
members who nro caught shaking
hands without gloves. Tho formation
of this curious club Is undoubtedly thu
outcome of n recent dluriiRslon In i
French medical Journal. This paper
endeavored to show thnt dlsenso ha i
occasionally been contracted by sluic
ing hands without gloves,
Tlilrd-Miiht-Atfii-lllnde.
Hy the laws of St. Edward tho Con
'cssor, If any man lie a third night in
an inn, he was called a thlrd-nlglu-nwnhlmlc,
for whom his host was an
swerable, If he committed nn offenuo.
The first night, forman-nlght, or tin
cuth (Sax, unknown), ho was reck
oned n stranger: tho second night,
twn-nlKht, n guest, and n third night,
nn ngcu-hliKle, or nwn-hlndo, a domes
tic Mirror.
llreet MeHluley.
Five thousand people, greeted Presi
dent McKinley on his arrival at East
Liverpool, O,, Tuesday night. Tlio
crowd jostled and cheered and the
president was ilrlxcn to the home of
Colonel Taylor through the street i
nblazu with electric illuminations an I
fireworks.
UurlhiRtoii Train Wrecked.
A llurllngton train was wrecked
near llarnard, la., on the Creston
branch of the road Wednesday morn
ing. Engineer Crlss was instantly
killed, and Conductor Mather and
Flremnn Smith were fatally hurt. The
wreck was caused by the train running
Into cattle.
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Want lllm Alive.
A Paris dispatch says that the re-
motnticc of the French government to
storm Guerin's castle is accounted for
by the belief thnt the pretender to the
throne of Frnnce is in the frrtrcss.
This personage is believed lo bo tlio
Duku of Orleans. It is the desire o'
the government to take him alive.
Trouble Over In Havana.
Tho threatened strike of bakers at
ilavana has been averted. The men,
according to the term) of the agree
ment, are to receive an increase of
87.R0 per month, lloth sides promise
to abide by the decision of the arbitra
tor. Two Trainmen Killed,
Two heavy 11. A: O. freight traim
came together nt Harricksvlllc. W.Ya.,
through the misunderstanding nf
orders. Fireman lloo and Dralceman
Hall were killed and three other train
men fatally injured.
IleMiIl of n lllvorre.
As the result of an application for a
divorce made by Mrs. Edwnrd Hhose,
of Evansillo, lnd., Mr. Hhoso began
drinking heavily nnd then shot Mrs
Hhose, probably fatally.
1'riiMlan Diet l'rnrocued.
Tho Prussian diet was flunlly pro
rogued Monday. Chancellor Hohen
loho expressed the hope that tho diet
would nccept the cnnal bill when It
meets next year.
lloston will (Jult.
The cruiser lloston which lias re
turned to San Francisco from Manila,
hns been ordered to Mare Island navy
yard whore It will be put out of com
mission. Sixty Itloteni Jailed.
Another member of the Delago fam
ily surrendered Tuesday morning
Sixty rioters so far arc now in jail at
Darien, Ga., and others nre surrender
Wig. Llndiiay Favora Kxpanilou,
At tho mcpllng of tho American bar
association Monday, Senator Lindsay,
of Kentucky,' made a strong' spccc'i
fnvdrMgexphVslott
rtecWW.VoKf.nlli.
The City of Pueblo sailed from San
Frclcqvfa,r Manlla"on"the 3&t,h'-wl!,li
50McniUs.
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The lanitt&e'of Ws'ls1 tiofelaj'-
n
the day
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ary party.wblle the socialists and other
advanced republicans havo adopted red
Panama hats Sunday,- as" a special in-,
suit to tho president.
t."' VplL fit- -l T v r tr
Ilertln I'auper Ccmetarle.
More than 3,000 persona are burled
annually In the paupers' cemetery at
Derlln.
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